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Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
2019-09-17 13:44:09| National Hurricane Center (East Pacific)
000 ABPZ20 KNHC 171144 TWOEP Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM PDT Tue Sep 17 2019 For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Kiko, located over the southwestern part of the basin. Showers and thunderstorms have increased in association with a well-defined area of low pressure located about 600 miles south- southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, and is close to becoming a tropical depression. Advisories on this system could be initiated later this morning or this afternoon while the low moves west-northwestward or northwestward. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent. Satellite images indicate that the low pressure area located about 250 miles south of Acapulco is becoming better defined and is close to becoming a tropical storm. Advisories will likely be initiated later this morning, and this system will continue to move west- northwestward near or just offshore of the coast of Mexico during the next few days. Interests along the southwestern coast of Mexico should monitor the progress of this system, and watches or warnings could be required later today. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent. Disorganized cloudiness and showers near and just west of Central America are associated with a tropical wave. Gradual development of this system is possible during the next several days while the wave moves westward or west-northwestward at 5 to 10 mph. Locally heavy rainfall is possible along the coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala and southeastern Mexico during the next few days. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...medium...40 percent. $$ Forecaster Blake
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